Off to the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington) we went last week for about six days. Last year at the same time, I recall wearing a light spring jacket, a pair of Hunters, and a big umbrella for all the mild temps and rain, rain, rain. This year, I had a winter jacket…

Here I am, breaking my own rules about writing as I go, because that way, my memories won’t lie to me. It’s safe to say that now I might be fictionalizing some of this post, but oh well. We left Rome on November 15th and headed for Paris for 10 days or so. The city seemed…